ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) REGULATIONS

ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) REGULATIONS

ACETYLATING SUBSTANCES (CONTROL)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 145, section 16)

[Ist September, 1975.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Acetylating Sub-
stances (Control) Regulations.

2. (1) An application for a licence or permit shall-

(a) be in writing, in such form; and

(b) contain such particulars,
as the Director may require.

(2) Within 14 days of the receipt of an application for a licence
or permit the Director may-

(a) issue the licence or permit; or

(b)give notice in writing to the applicant of his refusal to
issue the licence or permit.

3. (1) The holder of a licence or permit shall for each such
licence or permit keep a register in a form approved by the Director
in which he shall enter in chronological order in respect of the
acetylating substance named in the licence or permit-

(a)each receipt or, as the case may be, manufacture of a
quantity of that acetylating substance, including-
(i) the date of receipt or manufacture;
(ii) the quantity received or manufactured;
(iii) the purpose for which it was received or manufac-
tured; and

(iv) in the case of a receipt, the full name and address
of the person from whom it was received;

(b)in respect of each such receipt or manufacture, each
dealing in, use or other disposal of, that quantity or any
part thereof, including-
(i) the date and manner of the dealing, use or disposal;
(ii) the quantity dealt in, used or disposed of;

(iii) the full name and address of the person, if any,
to whom the acetylating substance was transferred; and

(c)in respect of each such receipt or manufacture, the amount
of the acetylating substance remaining in his possession
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(2) The holder of a licence or permit shall at all times keep in
the register kept under paragraph (1) a record of the total amount in
his possession of the acetylating substance to which the licence or
permit relates.

(3) Every entry made under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) shall be
made immediately on the receipt or manufacture of or dealing in,
use or other disposal of the acetylating substance in respect of which
that entry is required.

(4) A copy of every entry in the record kept under paragraph (1)
shall, unless the holder of the licence or permit is exempted under
paragraph (5) from compliance with the requirements of this
paragraph, be sent to the Director within 24 hours of its being made.

(5) The Director may at any time and from time to time in
writing exempt the holder of any licence or permit from compliance
with the requirements of paragraph (4) on such terms and conditions
as he may think fit.

4. (1) No person shall keep or store any acetylating sub-
stance not in transit except-

(a) in a place approved in writing by the Director; and
(b)in accordance with such conditions as the Director may
specify.

(2) No person shall keep or store any acetylating substance
except in a container approved in writing by the Director.

(3) The container in which any acetylating substance is kept
or stored-

(a)shall be clearly marked on the outside thereof with the
words and characters-

(i) Acetic Anhydride or
Acetic Oxide or Acetyl Oxide or
Ethanoic Anhydride ;

(ii) Acetyl Chloride or Ethanoyl
Chloride ; or

(iii) Acetyl Bromide or Ethanoyl
Bromide
as the case may be; and

(b)shall not contain any substance other than the substance
so marked thereon.

5. (1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of
regulation 3 or of regulation 4 shall be guilty of an offence and shall
be liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for
1 year.





(2) Any person who contravenes any of the terms or conditions
of an exemption granted under regulation 3(5) shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and
imprisonment for 1 year.

6. (1) The fee for the issue of a licence or permit, including
the issue of a new licence or permit under section 8(5) of the Ordin-
ance, shall be $100 for each year or part of a year for which the
licence or permit is issued.

(2) The fee payable on the reissue of a licence or permit under
section 9(5) of the Ordinance shall be $100.
L.N. 44/75. L.N. 173/75. L.N. 98/77. Citation. Application for licence or permit. Record of acetylating substance. L.N. 98/77. L.N. 98/77. L.N. 98/77. Premises and containers in which acetylating substance is stored or kept. Offences. L.N. 173/75. L.N. 98/77. Fees.

L.N. 44/75. L.N. 173/75. L.N. 98/77. Citation. Application for licence or permit. Record of acetylating substance. L.N. 98/77. L.N. 98/77. L.N. 98/77. Premises and containers in which acetylating substance is stored or kept. Offences. L.N. 173/75. L.N. 98/77. Fees.

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